DU's western regional manager of conservation programs, Virginia Getz, (whose mallard drake hatched and banded in the Valley was the trophy bird of the hunt) told me that canals, levees and ditches duplicate the natural flooding processes artificially, delivering water where and when it is wanted.

A bereaved and injured mallard drake rescued from the street near busy Pioneer Parkway and Q Street on Thursday is the first such save of the season for a local wildlife group, and is a reminder to motorists that nesting birds are more likely to venture near traffic this time of year.

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